how's this payout

heater451 said:

And spatial relations?

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I have a girlfriend whos got me covered.

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I did check the BCA site and they at least point to WPA, "Please refer to the World-Standardized Rules provided by the World Pool Association."

cstrombe said:

Got it, thanks for the clarification. Are the WPA rules considered "official"? Seems like there are a few competing rules (WPA, CSI).

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depends on what god you believe in, i suppose.

wpa has always always been my baseline but most of the players i encounter in the wild respond with “you mean bca?”

I think including a non-American is a bigger joke than including an American who hasn't played many/any Matchroom events. What's the purpose of having geographically-determined teams if the teams aren't, you know, geographically determined?

If Matchroom wants more parity, then the solution is to expand the respective geographies. Team North America vs Team Europe. Or Team Americas vs Team Europe. SVB, Sky, Atencio, Pagulayan, Morra/Bergman would be a hell of a team without even having to continue to pretend Fedor is from this side of the pond.

Got it, thanks for the clarification. Are the WPA rules considered "official"? Seems like there are a few competing rules (WPA, CSI).

There was a court case in the state of Washington where a losing party in a money match claimed it was a gambling debt and therefore uncollected.
The judge found it was a contest of skill with elements of luck. They were required to pay the debt.

Bob Jewett said:

What year was that? Or what number. Sometimes they had two per year.

Here are some prizes from the 1980s/1990s listed in a previous thread:

https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/pool-tournaments-history-1990s.496840/page-2#post-6446895

The guy in that thread who was making a full spreadsheet of the Sands Regency events seems to have disappeared.

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Wow, I am really sorry for making you do all that research. It was Resorts International in Atlantic city 1986

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